India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy after failing to recover from a lower back injury in time for the tournament, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) announced on Tuesday.

India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy after failing to recover from a lower back injury in time for the tournament. Bumrah, the highest wicket-taker in this summer's Test series with Australia which India lost 3-1,

Jasprit Bumrah was reportedly deemed 'okay' by the National Cricket Academy, but the BCCI selection committee decided not to take a risk with the star pacer for the upcoming Champions Trophy. Bumrah was omitted frpm the squad for the tournament on Tuesday,

Jasprit Bumrah had suffered a back spasm during the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney and failed to recover from it in time to be included in India’s final squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, in which Harshit Rana has been included as his replacement.

India’s prospects at the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy got a major jolt with pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of the tournament on Tuesday. Bumrah has a lower back injury suffered during the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney last month and has been out of action since.

India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the upcoming Champions Trophy because of a lower-back injury.

While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet